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The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has reinstated Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun state. Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke on Friday, a three-member panel of justices held that the election tribunal erred when it ruled that the 1st and 2nd respondents (Gboyega Oyetola...

This morning, Ayo Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, appeared on Arise TV and engaged in a heated discussion with Oseni Rufai. Rufai had questioned Fayose's attempt to justify the illegality that occurred during the last election by referencing a recording of Fayose allegedly planning...

Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola has been sighted in London pretending to be a physically-challenged old man, IgbereTV learnt today, in what Supreme Court sources said was a clandestine preparation for a meeting with President-elect Bola Tinubu. Mr Ariwoola’s movement was exposed...

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Business owners, traders and transporters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are defying the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive on accepting old N500 and N1000 notes as legal tenders 17 hours after the bank’s announcement. DAILY POST reported that the country’s apex bank on Monday bowed...

The Bauchi State Police Command has declared a House of Representatives member, Yakubu Abdullahi Shehu wanted for alleged murder. The security agency also placed a bounty of N1 million on the lawmaker representing Bauchi federal constituency. Shehu was elected on the platform of the Peoples...

INEC Declares Bola Ahmed Tinubu President Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the official president elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Here are some of the results from state collation centres. Live Collation of Presidential Results State APC PDP LP NNPP Abia 8,914 22,676...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Mr Peter Ndalikali of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as winner of the Niger South Senatorial District election. Declaring the results, Prof Abubakar Muhammad-Bitagi, Niger South Senatorial District Returning Officer, said the PDP...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Ibrahim Muhammad winner of Birnin Kebbi, Kalgo, Bunza Federal Constituency in the Feb. 25 election in Kebbi. The Returning Officer, Prof. Adamu Aliyu, made the declaration in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. He said the PDP candidate...

Senator Adamu Aliero, a former governor, has won the Kebbi Central senatorial election, defeating the incumbent Atiku Bagudu. Bagudu is the chairman of Progressives Governors Forum, PGF, the body of All Progressives Congress, APC, governors. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC...

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has accused some elder statesmen of working with politicians afraid of defeat to cause violence after the 2023 general election. AYCF, while reacting to the letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, accused the ex-leader of pretending to be...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as winner of the February 25 election for Kogi Central Senatorial District. Sadiku-Ohere beat Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party...

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga has thanked the people of the state for voting the party’s candidates during Saturday’s National Assembly elections. He described the outcome of the polls as “a golden moment for the good people of Enugu State”, and...

Peter Obi of the Labour Party won the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with 281,677 votes in Saturday’s presidential election. While he is yet to be declared the winner by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, officials, the figures presented by collation officers indicated he won by...

Hours after Nigerians lamented a picture of a female uploaded by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a result in the portal, the Commission is yet to delete it. DAILY POST checks found that the picture is still on the INEC result portal. The upload was done in Ado Ekiti...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Ibadan North East/Ibadan South East Federal Constituency election inconclusive. DAILY POST reports that the election was held in the two local government areas that make up the federal constituency on Saturday. The returning...

The state collation officer for the presidential election in Rivers State, Prof Charles Adias, has adjourned the collation of Saturday’s election results. Adias adjourned the collation of results in the state over alleged threat to his life by unnamed party supporters. The Vice Chancellor of...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has advised his supporters and all Nigerians to stay calm. The former Anambra governor made the appeal Tuesday morning at the Asaba airport in Delta State. Obi, who was on his way to Abuja, was interviewed by a citizen that shared the same...